Rights groups ask Spain court to open probe into Bush-era 'torture'

[JURIST] The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) [advocacy websites] filed a joint expert opinion [text, PDF] Tuesday urging a Spanish court to open an investigation into six former Bush administration officials for their roles in the torture [JURIST news archive] of detainees. The complaint against the officials, including John Yoo and Jay Bybee, who authored memos [JURIST news archive] authorizing so-called enhanced interrogation techniques, was originally filed [JURIST report] in…